Photographic film album



Oct. 14, 1941.

J. G. Y. D. MORGAN PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM ALBUM Filed Nov. 1, 1959 Patented Oct. 14, 1941 PHOT OGRAPHIC FILM ALBUM John Godfrey Yule Delmar Morgan, Chelsea, London, England Application November 1, 1939, Serial No. 302,407 In Great Britain November 1'7, 1938 4 Claims.

This invention relates to display cards and leaves or pages for albums and like volumes.

A general object of the invention is to provide a display device upon which articles may be removably mounted without difiiculty, and to provide index means associated with said articles, said index means being also easily removable in the event of the character of the article being changed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a display card or album leaf or the like, in which the retaining device for the article to be mounted also holds, or assists in holding, a loose leaf slip serving to index or otherwise identify the mounted article.

A more specific object of the invention is" to provide a sheet or leaf, suitable for mounting photographs or press cuttings, or similar objects, which leaf, when used for photographs, may either be imperforate and carry said prints or press cuttings, or may be apertured and "carry negatives or transparencies, such as X-ray photographs, or other transparent objects, which may be viewed through the apertures.

A further specific object of the invention is 'to provide a display card or album leaf upon which the mounted article is held in position by two or more bands of elastic material passing across the mounted article and the card or leaf, to

. which latter they are secured at their ends,

characterized in that the elastic is passed through holes in the card or leaf at each side of the mounted article in a loop, which loop projects slightly through the back of the card or leaf,

and is adapted to be retained by a small bar, I such as a metal wire located on the back of the card or leaf, beneath which a removable indei slip can be inserted, the wire serving also to position the index slip in register with, or adjacent, the mounted article on the opposite side of the leaf.

It will be understood that a display card or leaf of this kind is adapted to hold the mounted article securely in position, while the index slip on the back can be used for giving indications of price, quality or other details of the mounted article, or for a description or prices of the photograph or press cutting on the other side of the leaf.

The mounted articles are also adapted to be taken out at will and theindex slips can easily be removed without disturbing the position of the elastic retaining means, or of the retaining wires holding the index slips and looped elastic members. The provision of loose index slips in ill for use in a photographic album, said rear being apertured for the purpose of mounting transparencies, such as colou'r photographs or X-ray photographs, some of the transparencies being already mounted in position,

Fig. 2 shows the opposite side of the leaf illustrated in Fig. 1, with the index slips and retaining wires in position. I Referring to the drawing, the album leaf" I is composed of two layers namely a backing sheet 2 which may be of comparatively thin material such as Bristol board, and a thicker facing sheet 3. One corner of the leaf illustrated in Fig. l is shown with the facing sheet partly cut away, from which it can be seen that an aperture 4 is provided in the backing sheet and a larger aperture 5 is provided in the facing sheet. In this way, a narrow border or margin 6 is left, and the'thickness of the facing allows for a recess to be formed, so that a photographic negative or transparency i may be inserted into the aperture 5 in the facingand be prevented from pass ing right through the leaf by the border 5. Preferably the facing is further cut away as at 8, 'so that the transparencies may easily be lifted by finger pressure. These films or transparencies are frequently mounted between two sheets of glass having their edges bound, as indicated in Fig. 1, with suitable material I, such an arrangement serving to provide a frame and to preserve the surfaces of the transparencies against damage.

In order to hold the transparencies I in the recess in the leaf, elastic tapes 9 are provided which may be secured by sewing or glueing to the facing 3 as, for example, at the point Ill. A number of holes I l are provided running in rows across the leaf at either side of the recesses in which the transparencies are mounted. In order to secure the transparencies, the tapes 9 are first of all looped through the holes I I, and a retaining wire l2 (Fig. 2) inserted through the loops, and the tapes are then passed across the face of the leaf, beinglooped through each hole II in turn. Their other end is similarly secured by glueing or sewing to the facing 3. By lifting the tapes 9 slightly, the transparencies may be inserted into the recesses and when the tapes are released their natural tension will hold the transparencies in position. Alternatively end loops may be formed on the tapes, and these need not then be secured to the facing at all, being held by the outermost bars or wires I2.

Referring now to Fig. 2, which shows the back of the leaf, the retaining wires l2 run longitudinally of the leaf. If they tend to move they may be secured at their ends, for example by a touch of glue. These wires themselves are held in place by the loops in the tape 9 and by lifting any wire slightly, index slips IE1 or the like may be inserted beneath them. These index slips may then be used for the purpose of identifying or titling the various photographs.

In this manner, if at any time it is desired to remove one of the transparencies, this can be done without disturbing the remainder, while the corresponding index slip may also be removed. The transparency and its slip may then be removed to another position in the album and a fresh transparency inserted without defacing the album leaf in any way.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to leaves which are apertured in this manner, since obviously the invention is also applicable to an album leaf in which the backing is continuous and in which positive prints or other articles to be mounted may be carried, either in recesses in the facing, or, if so desired, on a flat facing. If a fiat facing is used, the elastic tapes alone will serve to hold the mounted article in position.

What I claim is:

1. A display sheet for mounting fiat transparent objects comprising a backing sheet, in which are provided a series of apertures smaller than said transparent objects but large enough to allow substantially the whole surface of said objects to be exposed, except for the border portions, a facing sheet, also apertured in register with thebacking sheet, the apertures in said facing sheet being larger than those in the backing sheet and sufiicing to completely surround the transparent objects, said backing sheet and said facing sheet being joined together and together forming a series of apertured recesses to accommodate said'transparent objects, said sheet being provided with a plurality of rows of holes inter mediate said recesses and substantially in line with the borders thereof, elastic bands being ar-- ranged in parallel rows across said sheet and extending over the margins of the recesses to hold the mounted objects therein, said bands being looped through said holes, and retaining pins on the rear side of said backing passed through said loops to hold them in position.

2. A display card adapted for the mounting of articles removably thereon, including a mounting sheet, in which are formed holes suitably spaced 1 to allow articles to be mounted between them, a

plurality of elastic retaining members attached by their ends to the front of said sheet and looped at intervals through said holes to the back of said sheet, retaining means co-acting with said loops on the back of said sheet to prevent them from being drawn through to the front of said sheet, and removable index members held by said retaining means on the-back of said sheet adjacent any mounted article.

3. A display sheet for mounting and identifying flat objects and comprising a backing in which holes are formed in parallel rows, a plurality of parallel elastic bands adapted to carry'said objects by gripping their margins, said bands traversing said backing on one side thereof and being looped through said holes, retaining pins on the opposite side of said backing extending transversely to said bands and passing through said loops, and an identification slip held by said pins on the rear surface of said backing for the purpose of identifying the appropriate mounted object on the opposite side of said backing.-

4. A display sheet for mounting and identifying fiat transparent objects and comprising a backing sheet, in which are rovided a series of apertures smaller than said transparent objects but large enough to allow substantially the whole surface of said objects to be exposed, except for the border portions,a facing sheet, also apertured in register with the backing sheet, the apertures in said facing sheet-being larger than those in the backing sheet and sufficing to completely surround the transparent objects, said backin sheet and said facing sheet being joined together and together forming a series of apertured recesses to accommodate said transparent objects, said sheet being provided with a plurality of rows of holes intermediate said recesses and substantially in line with the borders thereof, elastic bands being arranged in parallel rows across said sheet and extending over the margins of the recesses to hold the mounted objects therein, said bands being looped through said holes, retaining pins on the rear side of said backing passed through said'loops to hold them in position, and an iden,-. tification slip held by said pins on the rear sur face of said backing sheet for the purpose of identifying the adjacent transparent objects.

JOHN GODFREY YULE DELMAR MORGAN. 

